Analysis Quote by Amiri Baraka

[James] Baldwin "was one of greatest intellectuals of his time. He was an important voice, period, not an important black voice."

— Raoul Peck

“considering how thorough-going was the capture of the minds of the Blacks, it is really not surprising that so many Negro scholars still faithfully…

— Chancellor Williams

All black art is always judged to illuminate our experience and prove that our stories and our history and our lives matter. And that…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

I think that James Baldwin is, for sure, one of the most important American writer/thinkers of his time... not just African-American. He singled-handedly revolutionized…

— Raoul Peck

James Baldwin is one of the greatest, North American writers of the second half of the Twentieth Century. A prolific writer and a brilliant…

— Raoul Peck

I think that James Baldwin is, for sure, one of the most important American writer/thinkers of his time... not just African-American. He singled-handily revolutionized…

— Raoul Peck

And no book gives a deeper insight into the inner life of the Negro, his struggles and his aspirations, than, The Souls of Black…

— Ray Stannard Baker

“These remarks should not be interpreted as simply an effort to move the gaze of African-American studies to a different site. I do not…

— Toni Morrison

I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience.

— Anonymous

“Sociologically, politically, psychologically, spiritually, it was never enough for James Baldwin to categorize himself as one thing or the other: not just black, not…

— Aberjhani

I don't think there is any such thing as a black writer or a white writer. Ultimately, there is someone whom one reads.

— Derek Walcott

That's such a great book [Bloods]. That's a perfect way to articulate this thing that we're talking about. Just because someone is a black…

— Paul Beatty